A voter inserts her ballot into the ballot box during the City of Whittier General Municipal Election at East Whittier Presbyterian Church in Whittier, Calif. on Tuesday April 10, 2018. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer)

If you want to vote by mail in the Aug. 7 special election for the 32nd state Senate runoff election between Democrat Vanessa Delgado and Republican Rita Topalian, you must request a ballot by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.

As of Monday, the Registrar-Recorder’s Office had issued 200,142 vote-by-mail ballots, according to county officials.

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You can get such a ballot by:

Applying online at lavote.net.

Returning the vote-by-mail application on the back of the sample ballot.

Mike Sprague started at the Whittier Daily News in April 1984. Since then, Sprague has covered every city in the Whittier Daily News circulation area, as well as political and water issues. Sprague received a bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in political science, both from Cal State Fullerton.

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